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Various Artists - Kitsuné Tabloid
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Phoenix's entire output makes me feel like I'm touring Europe's sexiest cities and smoking fancy cigarettes while in the throes of an "arty" tomboy model. Their choices for the second volume of the Kitsuné Tabloid series-- following Digitalism's 2008 mix-- one might assume would play on this aesthetic, out-cooling listeners with obscurant or ultra-hip selections. Instead, Phoenix turn in a modest and loving mixtape full of songs aimed at pricking ears rather than popping eyeballs. Kitsuné Tabloid openly displays Phoenix's love for all manners of charming, offbeat music: There's precious little crate-digging, in part because even if the average Phoenix fan doesn't know a lick about Tangerine Dream or the Red Krayola, it's likely that your average Kitsuné consumer does. If Tabloid has a discernible theme, it's probably Phoenix's reverence for early rock'n'soul, as the mix touches on not just the Impressions but Ritchie Valens, Irma Thomas, Dusty Springfield, and like-minded imitators Elvis Costello, Chris Bell (Big Star), and Dennis Wilson. Major stylistic diversions include R&B, Brazilian pop, and indie rock, but there's plenty of wiggle room to be had in that first list, and Tabloid never feels monotonous or truly predictable....full text |
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This is really not what I was expecting from a Digitalism DJ set. Instead of cutting edge electro, this compilation is mixed bag of white boy space disco, indie crossover and raw rock. In fact, this sounds like it could have been mixed by any number of random local warm-up DJs… To top things off, a lot of the mixing is as ruff as guts. While this sound has been saturating the Australian club scene for a few years now, perhaps it’s a sign that it’s just starting to infiltrate Germany? I probably would have shelved the disc if I wasn’t reviewing it, but after overcoming my initial disappointment – and with some repeated listening – I managed to find a soft spot for some of these ‘ugly duckling’ tunes. The disc kicks off with a Sweaty remix, which improves significantly on the Muscles original by replacing his strained vocals with a chorus of cheerleaders. The first few tracks dwell in spacey disco and spastic funk territory, with Hercules & Love Affair, Holy Ghost and a surprisingly fresh sounding Human League dub, which could have been given a bit more airtime. The Midnight Juggernauts show why they own the scene with the glammed up End of an Era, then some hella 80s b-boy shit is represented with Space Cowboy by the Jonzun Crew. Calvin Harris’ simple and catchy Colours is thrown in and The Presets rent out the one of their weakest tracks, Yippiyo Ya, before CSS donate a trashcore remix of the B-52s....full text |
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| The Kitsune label has given free reigns to the members of Paris' wildly-popular pop/rock band Phoenix for an unlikely yet amazing compilation of rare tracks that have changed their lives. The members of Phoenix, one of the most important French bands worldwide since the success of their album It's Never Been Like That, have gathered a selection of tracks they've lived with and that have stood the test of time. To quote them: "...these are little treasures that have had a huge impact and amazed us." Rare and care-fully picked tracks that make this record the most sentimental and melodic record ever released on Kitsune, a label known until now for its electro-orientated Kitsune Maison compilations and arists such as Digitalism, Cazals, autoKratz, Hot Chip, Klaxons, and many more. Containing a wide collection of current artists and beloved progenitors of the past, this compilation is a must have for Phoenix fans, Sofia Coppola devotees, and for all those in need of a cross-genre musical soundtrack to the movie that is their life. Artists include: Kiss, Dirty Projectors, The Red Crayola, The Impressions, Chris Bell, Roxy Music, The 13th Floor Elevators, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, D'Angelo, Tangerine Dream, Urge Overkill, Lo Borges, Iggy Pop and James Williamson, Dennis Wilson, Irma Thomas, Richie Valens, Dusty Springfield and Lou Reed....full text |
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